Miscellaneous Ramblings
 

my mind is wandering again:D Just a few nautical posers and thoughts for your consideration.Please feel free to add your own.

How do you grease all the bearings in a compass?

What the heck is a tonneau? What is it doing on my boat?and why do I need to cover it?

Do fish burp?

Shouldn't it really be called scuba swimming?

Sailboat race?

Actually some of these have answers.

For example the term Tonneau cover is redundant. A tonneau is a cover usually canvas originally used to cover the cockpit of a roadster to protect the interior.

SInce the main bearing (pivot) in a compass is immersed in oil additional lubrication is unnecessary. On some compasses with external gimbals a drop or two of light machine oil periodically should suffice.

Sailboat race is a perfect example of an oxymoron.

Yes, it should be called scuba swimming though one definition of dive is "to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine"

Can't help you with the fish burp thing.

I still want to know what was the best thing before sliced bread?:confused:

So why do they call it a "hot water heater"? If the water is hot you don't need to heat it.

Question to women boat owners: Do you refer to your boat as a "him"?

One of my favorites: CDI ignition........capacitor discharge ignition........ignition?

yep...I always thought of my boats as a "him". :D
never really thought about that before....

My son asked me this the other day:

Do bubbles have shadows?

is there really such a thing as gravity or does the earth just suck??

Here's another one to ponder....



Why does putting your foot in water suddenly make you feel like you have to go to the bathroom?




Is it Natures way of telling us we are supposed to pee in the water? :p

why does your nose run and your feet smell?

do women pilots still sit in the cockpit?

Things you can't get out of your head.
 

"Once there was an elephant that tried to use the telephant,
No, no, I mean once there was an elephone that tried to use the telephone."
(Dear me I'm not certain quite, that even now I've got it right.)

"How e'er it was, he got his trunk entangled in the telephunk,
The more he tried to get it free, the louder buzzed the telephee!"
(I fear I'd better drop the song of elephop and telephong.)

This bit of nursery rhyme drivel has been stuck in my brain since I was six years old, irreversibly burned into my read only long term memory. I will probably be babbling this nonsense in the old age home some day. I keep drinking, hoping that these few brain cells will be the ones to go, but so far no luck.

Hey Airpacker - What's new? My cat's for sale, do you know of anyone looking?

Tomcat,its for sale?whats in the works?

tell me its not a V:D

I heard that!!!!:mad: :mad: :D :D

Fish don't burp, they fart.

In todays PC speech, what should we call the mailman - the personperson?

One for Catmando - If God is all powerful, can he create a rock so heavy even he can't lift it?

When people go to the restroom, why do they say they are going to take a dump. Shouldn't they leave a dump?

(geez, it must be time to go home)

Where does the white go when the snow melts:confused:

Uncle Toys - They are already called Mail Carriers

If a duck eats and goes in the water right away, does it get cramps?

If 7-11 is open 24hrs, why do they have locks on the doors?

Why don't the words "good" and "food" rhyme?

What makes Teflon stick to the pan?

Why is the word "little" twice the size of the word "big"?

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Says right on the Windows 2000 CD, "Built on NT Technology".
Well, NT stands for "New Technology"
Hence "Built on New Technology, Technology":rolleyes:

Clay - shouldn't that have been - Person Carriers :D

Just as long as it isn't male carriers ;)

If love is blind, then why do they make lingerie ??

Do restaurant patrons in Prague always get seperate Chechs ??

:confused: :confused:

Why do people call it a PIN number when PIN stands for personal identification number. Are they really calling it a personal identification number number?:confused:

Do restaurant patrons in Prague always get seperate Chechs ??

Very uncommon, yet intuitive play on words, Risk Taker.:p

Here's one that floored me... :)

Half the population that has EVER walked on the face of the Earth, is/are currently alive.

:cool: